No Child Left Behind testing eased for more students

AP & Amy Hetzner:

The Bush administration is letting more children with disabilities take simplified tests under the No Child Left Behind education law.

The change, outlined in final regulations Wednesday, would triple the number of children who can take tests that are easier than those given to most students under the 2002 law.

Roughly 10% of special education students - those with the most serious cognitive disabilities - currently can take simplified, alternative tests and have the results count toward a school's annual progress goals.

Under the new rules, about an additional 20% of children with disabilities could take alternative tests and have those count toward a school's progress goals.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 6, 2007 2:14 AM
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